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Been doing a lot of digging for some dope ass drum & bass lately and I found some, went to Beatport and Juno (a great site from the UK!) and found me some gems. No header, no intro, no theme music this music in and just on the decks, enjoy!!

I FOUND LOVE (FALSE ANGEL’S BROKEN EDIT)- INSPIRED SOULS

JONES (ORIGINAL MIX)- CHIMPO, SI8R

WHAT YOU WON’T DO FOR LOVE- L-SIDE/MAKOTO/FRANK H. CARTER, III

LA LUNA- NASZ

IN MY MIND (BREAK’S DUBBED OUT MIX)- LENZMAN/BREAK FEAT IAMDDB

MY DARLIN BABY- RANDOM MOVEMENT, ADRIENNE RICHARDS

JUST ONE SECOND (APHEX REMIX)- LONDON ELEKTRICITY

ELEKTRIFY (FEAT VONNE)- LONDON ELEKTRICITY/DJ MARKY/MAKOTO FEAT VONNE

LOVE LETTER- MAKOTO, ADRIENNE RICHARDS

NO MATTER - BLUEMODE

WALKIN JAZZ- MOTIV

PRODUCT OF ME- KENJI & ALEX SLK

THROUGH MY EYES- ADRIENNE RICHARDS, DJ STUNNA

ONE MORE TIME- POLARIS (CA)

FIESTA EN LA PLAYA- CARLITO

PROMISED LAND- MC CONRAD/DJ MARKY/MAKOTO feat AQUARIID

WHAT A TING (L-SIDE REMIX)- THINK TONK

DON’T YOU KNOW- CARLITO

LOVE LETTER- MAKOTO, ADRIENNE RICHARDS

PROMISED LAND- MC CONRAD/DJ MARKY/MAKOTO feat AQUARIID

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No header, no intro, no nothing this week, just went right in and started playing music. Hopefully it will not get violated since there's no talking. But I'll be back next week with my regular podcast. I'll have something special.

DISCO LIGHTSDEXTER WANSEL

HELP ME LOSE MY MIND (FEAT LONDON GRAMMAR) DISCLOSURE

LAST NIGHT CHANGED IT ALL ESTHER WILLIAMS

LETS HAVE SOME FUNTHE BAR-KAYS

ENCORECHERYL LYNN

SEVEN MINUTES OF FUNKWHOLE DARN FAMILY

I NEED YOUR LOVINGTEENA MARIE

IF I CANT HAVE YOU (REMIX) YVONNE ELLIMAN

UPSIDE DOWN (REMIX). DIANA ROSS

BLACK CURTAINSLUXXURY

THE SPIRITTHE GROOVERS

STELLA (JOEY NEGRO JAZZ RIDE). NORMAN CONNORS

MOVE BACKSOUTH WEST SEVEN

TROY’S 2ND COUSIN (KENNY SUMMITS NATIVE TONGUES MIX) CHAKA KENN, KENNY SUMMIT

CHASING ENYON, RUTH MCFARLAND

FLYING DAWN TALLMAN, JOSH MILAN

HEAVENLY (THE REFLEX REVISION), LEROY BURGESS, THE REFLEX

THE FINESTS.O.S. BAND

MAYBE IN MAY (REEL PEOPLE REMIX). MOUSSE T. FEAT SHARON PHILLIPS

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THIS PODCAST SPOTLIGHTS THE MUSIC OF STEELY DAN, AND SPECIFICALLY, THE ALBUM THAT’S #10 ON MY LIST OF THE 50 GREATEST ALBUMS AND RECORDS OF MY LIFETIME. ITS HARD FOR ME TO PIN POINT EXACTLY WHEN I “HEARD” THE FIRST STEELY DAN SONG BUT I CAN SAY FOR SURE THAT WHENEVER IT WAS…IT WAS WHEN I HEARD “RIKKI DONT LOSE THAT NUMBER”, AND FROM THERE I BECAME A FAN. I JUST KEPT LISTENING TO THEM. I WOULD HEAR SONGS LIKE “DO IT AGAIN”, UH, “PLEASE DON’T TAKE ME ALIVE” …ON THE RADIO. BUT IN 1978, I’M A JUST A SHORTY IN HIGH SCHOOL AND AS ALWAYS IM LISTENING TO THE RADIO ON A SATURDAY NIGHT, THE DJ FROM WQMG PLAYS A SONG. AND THE NAME OF THE SONG IS ‘AJA’. THE SONG BEGINS WITH A SIMPLE CHORD CHANGE THAT’S ACCOMPANIED BY A SLOW, LAZY, DREAMY KEY JINGLE AND FROM THERE IT TRANSFORMS INTO ONE OF THE MOST…ROLLER COASTER-EQUSE, BEAUTIFUL, MESEMERIZING SONGS EVER MADE, HELD STRONG AND TIGHT WITH THE DRUM TRACK FROM THE LEGENDARY STEVE GADD. ONCE I HEARD THAT SONG THEN, I COULDN’T WAIT TO HEAR IT AGAIN. DURING THAT TIME, MY DAD BORROWED SOME RECORDS FROM HIS NEPHEW, MY COUSIN, BOBBY. COUSIN BOBBY (WHO’S NOW KNOWN AS ‘YISHAI’) WAS A COOL ASS MUSIC FAN AND HE HAD LOTS OF GREAT JAZZ FUSION, ALONG WITH SOME ROCK AND FUNK. AJA WAS ONE OF THE ALBUMS AND LET ME TELL YOU THAT I LISTENED TO THAT ALBUM MAYBE 100,000 TIMES DURING THAT PERIOD WHEN DAD HAD THOSE RECORDS. AND THAT’S WHY IM A HUGE STEELY DAN FAN AND AN ABSOLUTE FAN OF AJA. SO WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, THE MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ARTIST THAT HOLDS THE #10 SPOT ON MY LIST OF THE 50TH GREATEST ALBUMS AND RECORDS OF MY LIFETIME, MY TRIBUTE TO STEELY DAN AND ‘AJA’

“DO IT AGAIN - 1972, CAN’T BUY A THRILL

“NIGHT BY NIGHT” - 1974, PRETZEL LOGIC

“RIKKI DON’T LOSE THAT NUMBER” - 1974, PRETZEL LOGIC

“DON’T TAKE ME ALIVE” - 1976, THE ROYAL SCAM

“THE CAVES OF ALTIMARA” - 1976, THE ROYAL SCAM

“HOME AT LAST” - 1977, AJA

“DEACON BLUES” - 1977, AJA

“BLACK COW” - 1977, AJA

“PEG” - 1977, AJA

“AJA” - 1977, AJA

“BABYLON SISTERS” - GAUCHO, 1980

“GAUCHO” - 1980.

“I.G.Y.” - 1982, DONALD FAGEN’S FIRST SOLO RELEASE.

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EPISODE #42 -BLAZE STREET MUSIC PRESENTS - 4TH LOVE OF HOUSE & SOUL_CLASSIC HOUSE MIX 2025 - VOL.1

This mix is for entertainment purposes only. I do not have copyright over any of this material. All songs are owned by their respective labels, songwriters and producers.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025! I pray that you will be blessed with all the graces, blessings, and prosperity for the new year. I thank Almighty God Jehovah and my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to for blessings to be here and share music with you for this beginning of the New Year. Here’s my first of many House music mixes that I plan to bring to you in 2025, I curated some of the classic House music from my collection, music from the 90’s and early 2000’s, I hope you enjoy it! PEACE!

1. SOAKING WET (REMIX) -GROOVE CITY
2. JOY (KERRI’S KAOZ GONE INSANE) - JANET RUSHMORE, KERRI CHANDLER
3. I GOT YOUR LUV (CLUB MIX) - UNITY VIBE, TYQUASHIA
4. COMEBACK (ORIG VS. ZIPPY 12” VOCAL MIX) - GROOVE COMMITTEE FEAT. DONNA MONTGOMERY
5. IS IT GOOD TO YOU? - JERZZEY BOY
6. DANCE TO THE HOUSE - NEUROSTATE
7. THE LOFT GROOVE (THE CONGA VIBE MIX) - ROGER S
8. IN LIFE - JASON AJ SUMMERS
9. 4 THA LUV OF YOU (SMACK CLASSIC VOCAL MIX) - ALEXANDER HOPE & DE’LACY, SMACK PRODS.
10. WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR ME? - BACK TO THE RHYTHM, ALVA MCGILL
11. SHARDE - THE VISION
12. LOVE DON’T LIVE (THE SOULFURIC DUB MIX) - URBAN BLUES PROJECT, MICHAEL PROCTER
13. WHAT WILL WE DO? - KERRI CHANDLER, GRANPA
14. SATURDAYS (SATURDAY NITE MIX) - ALEXANDER HOPE, BLAZE
15. I WANNA HOLD YOU - GROOVE COMMITTEE
16. THE PARTY (JUMP UP IN THE AIR) - TODD TERRY PRESENTS THE RAID
17. LOVE’S GONNA BRING YOU HOME (ERIC KUPPER REMIX) - THE ROCKMELONS, DOUG WILLIAMS, ERIC KUPPER

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MUSIC OF A LIFETIME EPISODE #41 - THE FOREVERLASTING LEGACY OF THE MUSIC OF QUINCY DELITE JONES, JR (14 March, 1933 - 3 Nov, 2024), PART TW0

ALOHA FRIENDS. BACK ON 9 NOV 2024, I DID PART ONE OF MY FOREVER LEGACY SALUTE TO THE LATE GREAT QUINCY JONES, WHO PASSED ON NOV 3RD. IN THAT EPISODE I FOCUSED ON THOSE SONGS THAT I FEEL FOR ME, ARE MY FAVORITE SONGS. WHICH AS IT TURNED OUT, THESE SONGS WERE MOSTLY SONGS THAT WERE RELEASED IN ALBUMS OR LP’S THAT TITLED UNDER THE NAME, ‘QUINCY JONES’.

IN THIS EPISODE, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE MUSIC OF SOME OF MY FAVORITE SONGS THAT QUINCY PRODUCED AND RECORDED WITH OTHER ARTISTS, WHICH TO ME SOMEWHAT STANDS ALMOST IN AN EQUAL SPACE OF WHAT HE DID PRODUCING MUSIC WITH OTHER ARTISTS IN THOSE RELEASES THAT HAD HIS NAME ON THE TOPLINE.

SOME OF THE ARTISTS I’LL HIGHLIGHT IN THIS EPISODE ARE PATTI AUSTIN, JAMES INGRAM, OF COURSE, MICHAEL JACKSON…DONNA SUMMER…GEORGE BENSON, THE BROTHERS JOHNSON…RUFUS FEATURING CHAKA KHAN…THIS MUSIC WILL SPAN THE YEARS FROM 1977 TO 1982. JUST CONSIDER IN THOSE YEARS, QUINCY JONES COMPLETED A BODY OF WORK THAT CAN BE COMPARED TO ANYONE OF HIS PEERS IN IT’S TERMS OF SHEER WORK BUT WHEN YOU CONSIDER JUST SOME OF WHAT HE DID IN THOSE YEARS AND I’M GOING TO JUST THROW THIS OUT THERE…AS NOT ONLY DID HE PRODUCE WORK WITH THESE ARTISTS BUT HE ALSO WORKED ON SOUNDTRACKS FOR ‘THE WIZ’ AND ROOTS…ALONG WITH SEVERAL OF HIS OWN RECORDINGS (SOUNDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT…THE DUDE). IF YOU DONT KNOW BY NOW, THE BODY OF WORK THAT QUINCY JONES CREATED DURING HIS OVER 70 YEARS IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS CONSIDERED BY MANY - INCLUDING ME - TO BE THE GREATEST EVER CREATED. SO AS I’VE SAID BEFORE, I JUST NEED YOU TO JUST SETTLE IN, CHILL OUT WITH ME, AND LISTEN TO SOME OF THE BEST MUSIC EVER MADE, IT’S THE MUSIC OF MY LIFETIME…BLAZE STREET MUSIC PRESENTS, MY FOREVER LEGACY TRIBUTE TO QUINCY JONES, PART TWO.

“ALL ABOUT THE HEAVEN” - BROTHERS JOHNSON, FROM THEIR 1980 LP, ‘LIGHT UP THE NIGHT’

“STATE OF INDEPENDENCE” - DONNA SUMMER, FROM HER 1982 QUINCY JONES PRODUCED LP SIMPLY TITLED ‘DONNA’

“STAR OF THE STORY” - GEORGE BENSON, FROM 1980’S ‘GIVE ME THE NIGHT’

“BABY, COME TO ME” - PATTI AUSTIN, FROM 1981’S ‘EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE ONE’, HER FIRST DUET WITH JAMES INGRAM

“IT’S YOUR NIGHT” - FROM JAMES INGRAM’S DEBUT 1983, OF THE SAME NAME

“HEAVEN BOUND” - RUFUS, FT. CHAKA KHAN, FROM THE SMASH ‘MASTERJAM’ RELEASED IN 1979

“RUNNIN FOR YOUR LOVIN” - BROTHERS JOHNSON. TITLE TRACK FROM THEIR 1977 LP AND MY ALL TIME FAVE SONG BY THE BROS. JOHNSON

“IT’S THE FALLING IN LOVE” - MICHAEL JACKSON & PATTI AUSTIN, FROM 1979'S SMASH "OFF THE WALL", WHICH IS ALSO ALBUM #3 ON MY ALL-TIME LIST

“LOVE ME TO DEATH” - PATTI AUSTIN. FROM THE 1981 LP TITLED “EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE ONE”

“BABY BE MINE” - MICHAEL JACKSON - ANOTHER GEM, FROM THE BEST SELLING MUSICAL RECORDING OF ALL TIME, 1982’S ‘THRILLER’, WHICH IS #8 ON MY ALL-TIME LIST

“LOVE X LOVE” - GEORGE BENSON, ALSO FROM 1980’S ‘GIVE ME THE NIGHT

“MASTERJAM” - TITLE TRACK FROM 1979’S SMASH ‘MASTERJAM’

“DINORAH, DINORAH” - ANOTHER 1 FROM GEORGE BENSON'S 1980 CLASSIC, "GIVE ME THE NIGHT"

“P.Y.T.” - MICHAEL JACKSON, FROM 1982’S ‘THRILLER’, ONE OF MY FAVE MICHAEL JACKSON SONGS, CO-WRITTEN BY QUINCY JONES & JAMES INGRAM

“LIGHT UP THE NIGHT” - THE BROTHERS JOHNSON - TITLE CUT FROM THEIR 1980

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On 3 November, 2024 - the world, the universe lost a legend. The incomparable Quincy Delite Jones, Jr. He was also known to his closest friends simply as 'Q'. It is really hard to put into words the accomplishments of Mr. Quincy Jones. He passed away at the age of 91 and of his 91 years, more that 70 of those years were spent in the world of music. From his first love during his very young teenage years, Quincy would quickly develop such an incredible talent for learning everything and anything musical. There is soo much to his story, his legacy and his LEGEND that its hard to put it all into words or a simple podcast episode here. So I won't.

Here is a link to a good source of information on his life, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Jones.

Quincy Jones is my musical hero. I've been a true fan of his life and his music since I was about 10, 11 years old. In 1976 I listened to one of his albums titled "I Heard That", a double album released that year on A&M records that included mostly tracks of his greatest hits at the time and a few new songs as well. I was 14 years old. And from then on, I was hooked. I wanted to be like him. Understand music like he did, work with some of the greatest artists in music - just like he did. I wanted to be a "genius" like him because everyone already knew, that Quincy Jones was a genius.

During my growing years, his music was all over the radio in songs like "Sanford & Son" theme, "Mellow Madness", "KIller Joe", and many others. But lest not forget; it was his songs with other artists that would really get the world's attention. Such artists as Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughn...The Brothers Johnson....Rufus featuring Chaka Khan...Michael Jackson, George Benson, Donna Summer and the list goes on and on and on.

I've done three other episodes on my podcast about Quincy Jones because he's larger than life in my musical heart and soul. The last episode I did was in July, 2023, when I did an episode to celebrate the 37th release from my 50th greatest list - Quincy Jones "Sounds...and Stuff Like That," which was released in 1978.
You see, on my 50th greatest lists or records and albums of my life, Quincy Jones has three releases. Three.

This is part one of my salute to Q. In this episode, Im playing some of my favorite songs from his albums. Quincy Jones had several albums where he was the headliner but he put together a great, no UNBELIEVABLE AND TALENTED supporting cast of musicians, writers, and vocalists to achieve his artistic vision. All of the songs here on the episode from albums that bear his name. In the next episode I'll put together my the favorite tracks that he did FOR OTHER ARTISTS...it will showcase Quincy Jones the producer.

Quincy Jones may have left the studio. But there's no doubt that his spirit will forever linger on. Enjoy!

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BLAZE STREET MUSIC PRESENTS MUSIC OF A LIFETIME - EPISODE #39 - A SALUTE TO UK SOUL, PT. 3

HERE WITH THE FINAL EPISODE OF MY SERIES TITLED, “SALUTE TO UK SOUL”, WHERE I’M SHARING WITH YOU MY LOVE OF WHAT’S CALLED “BRITISH SOUL”, OR “UK SOUL.” SO, MAYBE UR ASKING…WHAT IS UK SOUL AND WHY IS THERE EVEN A THING CALLED UK SOUL? AND THATS A GOOD QUESTION. FOR SURE, WHAT THE WORLD MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW AS UK SOUL, WE AS MUSIC LOVERS DEFINITELY KNOW THAT THIS GENRE OF MUSIC EXISTS AND IT’S STILL VERY RELEVANT TODAY, AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE OF WHAT BRITISH/UK SOUL MUSIC DID DURING THE 80’S, 90’S AND INTO THE EARLY 2000’S. IT WOULD TAKE ME LOTS OF TIME TO GIVE THE WHOLE HISTORY OF THIS MUSIC BECAUSE THE ROOTS OF IT WERE BIRTHED DURING THE ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC THAT CAME TO AMERICA WITH THE BEATLES AND THE ROLLING STONES IN THE 50’S, 60’S AND 70’S, AND WITH THAT, IT WAS AMERICAN MUSIC, IN PARTICULAR AMERICAN JAZZ AND SOUL MUSIC, THAT CROSSED OVER TO EUROPE AFTER WORLD WAR II, SPECIFICALLY DURING THE MID 50’S INTO THE 1960’S. HERE’S WHAT I CAN TELL YOU: AMERICAN SOUL MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MAJOR INFLUENCE ON BRITISH POPULAR MUSIC, AS I SAID SINCE THE 1960’S AND THE CLEAR GENRE OF WHAT’S CALLED UK SOUL MUSIC REALLY FORMED IN THE 80S, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH ACTS AS LOOSE ENDS, FIVE STAR, SADE, SIMPLY RED, AND LISA STANSFIELD, JUST TO NAME A FEW. SO DURING THE NEXT FEW EPISODES I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THESE ARTISTS WHO OVER THE YEARS HAVE BECOME SOME OF MY FAVES AS WELL.

I’LL BE PLAYING MUSIC BY SADE, LOOSE ENDS, IMAGINATION…DELEGATION…AVERAGE WHITE BAND, DELEGATION, FIVE STAR….HEATWAVE? YEAH, HEATWAVE, WHO DURING THEIR HEYDAY YEARS OF THE MID TO LATE 1970’S HAD A KEYBOARDIST AND SONGWRITER IN THEIR GROUP, A GUY BY THE NAME OF ROD TEMPERTON…YES, THAT’S RIGHT! ROD TEMPERTON. A MAN THAT THE LEGENDARY PRODUCER (I CALL HIM THE GREATEST PRODUCER OF ALL TIME), MR. QUINCY JONES, CALLED ROD TEMPERTON ONE OF, IF NOT, THE GREATEST SONGWRITER IN POP MUSIC HISTORY, AS HE PENNED SUCH CLASSICS AS “ROCK WITH YOU” AND “THRILLER” BY MICHAEL JACKSON, “GIVE ME THE NIGHT” BY GEORGE BENSON, “BABY COME TO ME”, BY PATTI AUSTIN & JAMES INGRAM, JUST TO NAME A FEW. MUSIC BY FIVE STAR, LISA STANSFIELD, SIMPLY RED, MICA PARIS, INCOGNITO…OMAR…LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THERE ARE MANY, MANY MORE ARTISTS FROM THEN AND EVEN NOW, ALL HAILING FROM THE UK, WHO ARE BELOVED BY MILLIONS FOR THE

UNIQUE ‘SOUL’, R&B AND GROOVE LEANINGS, THE FOUNDATIONS OF THEIR MUSIC THAT I CAN SAY WAS BORN IN THE FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN SOUL MUSIC. YET, UK SOUL IS VERY UNIQUE, IT IS IT’S VERY, VERY OWN CLASSIC SOUND, AND THAT’S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT.

SO SIT BACK, RELAX, BUCKLE UP AND LET’S GET THIS JOURNEY STARTED…ALLL AROUND THE WORLD BABBY! BLAZE STREET MUSIC PRESENTS - MY SALUTE TO THE SOUND AND VIBES OF UK SOUL MUSIC, PART 2.

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BLAZE STREET MUSIC PRESENTS MUSIC OF A LIFETIME - EPISODE #38 - A SALUTE TO UK SOUL, PT. 2. HERE WITH THE SECOND EPISODE OF MY SERIES TITLED, “SALUTE TO UK SOUL”, WHERE I’M SHARING WITH YOU MY LOVE OF WHAT’S CALLED “BRITISH SOUL”, OR “UK SOUL.” SO, MAYBE UR ASKING…WHAT IS UK SOUL AND WHY IS THERE EVEN A THING CALLED UK SOUL? AND THATS A GOOD QUESTION. FOR SURE, WHAT THE WORLD MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW AS UK SOUL, WE AS MUSIC LOVERS DEFINITELY KNOW THAT THIS GENRE OF MUSIC EXISTS AND IT’S STILL VERY RELEVANT TODAY, AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE OF WHAT BRITISH/UK SOUL MUSIC DID DURING THE 80’S, 90’S AND INTO THE EARLY 2000’S. IT WOULD TAKE ME LOTS OF TIME TO GIVE THE WHOLE HISTORY OF THIS MUSIC BECAUSE THE ROOTS OF IT WERE BIRTHED DURING THE ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC THAT CAME TO AMERICA WITH THE BEATLES AND THE ROLLING STONES IN THE 50’S, 60’S AND 70’S, AND WITH THAT, IT WAS AMERICAN MUSIC, IN PARTICULAR AMERICAN JAZZ AND SOUL MUSIC, THAT CROSSED OVER TO EUROPE AFTER WORLD WAR II, SPECIFICALLY DURING THE MID 50’S INTO THE 1960’S. HERE’S WHAT I CAN TELL YOU: AMERICAN SOUL MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MAJOR INFLUENCE ON BRITISH POPULAR MUSIC, AS I SAID SINCE THE 1960’S AND THE CLEAR GENRE OF WHAT’S CALLED UK SOUL MUSIC REALLY FORMED IN THE 80S, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH ACTS AS LOOSE ENDS, FIVE STAR, SADE, SIMPLY RED, AND LISA STANSFIELD, JUST TO NAME A FEW. SO DURING THE NEXT FEW EPISODES I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THESE ARTISTS WHO OVER THE YEARS HAVE BECOME SOME OF MY FAVES AS WELL.

I’LL BE PLAYING MUSIC BY SADE, LOOSE ENDS, IMAGINATION…DELEGATION…AVERAGE WHITE BAND, DELEGATION, FIVE STAR….HEATWAVE? YEAH, HEATWAVE, WHO DURING THEIR HEYDAY YEARS OF THE MID TO LATE 1970’S HAD A KEYBOARDIST AND SONGWRITER IN THEIR GROUP, A GUY BY THE NAME OF ROD TEMPERTON…YES, THAT’S RIGHT! ROD TEMPERTON. A MAN THAT THE LEGENDARY PRODUCER (I CALL HIM THE GREATEST PRODUCER OF ALL TIME), MR. QUINCY JONES, CALLED ROD TEMPERTON ONE OF, IF NOT, THE GREATEST SONGWRITER IN POP MUSIC HISTORY, AS HE PENNED SUCH CLASSICS AS “ROCK WITH YOU” AND “THRILLER” BY MICHAEL JACKSON, “GIVE ME THE NIGHT” BY GEORGE BENSON, “BABY COME TO ME”, BY PATTI AUSTIN & JAMES INGRAM, JUST TO NAME A FEW. MUSIC BY FIVE STAR, LISA STANSFIELD, SIMPLY RED, MICA PARIS, INCOGNITO…OMAR…LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THERE ARE MANY, MANY MORE ARTISTS FROM THEN AND EVEN NOW, ALL HAILING FROM THE UK, WHO ARE BELOVED BY MILLIONS FOR THE

UNIQUE ‘SOUL’, R&B AND GROOVE LEANINGS, THE FOUNDATIONS OF THEIR MUSIC THAT I CAN SAY WAS BORN IN THE FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN SOUL MUSIC. YET, UK SOUL IS VERY UNIQUE, IT IS IT’S VERY, VERY OWN CLASSIC SOUND, AND THAT’S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT.

SO SIT BACK, RELAX, BUCKLE UP AND LET’S GET THIS JOURNEY STARTED…ALLL AROUND THE WORLD BABBY! BLAZE STREET MUSIC PRESENTS - MY SALUTE TO THE SOUND AND VIBES OF UK SOUL MUSIC, PART 2.

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